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Dietary behaviour and competition for vegetal resources in two Early Miocene pecoran ruminants from Central Spain

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Demiguel, Daniel, Quiralte, Victoria, Azanza, Beatriz, Montoya, Plinio, Morales, Jorge (2012): Dietary behaviour and competition for vegetal resources in two Early Miocene pecoran ruminants from Central Spain. Geodiversitas 34 (2): 425-443, DOI: 10.5252/g2012n2a10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2012n2a10

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